good like to call this meeting to order it's the committee of the whole portion for the barnan Board of Education December 19th 2023 roll call Miss Angus present miss churny here miss jeie here Mr aamon here miss Levy here Mr Sarno here miss tarnowski here miss wasburn and Mr O'Brien here all right we have a quorum two car car uh can I invite Carolyn Johnson up to the microphone so we can start with the upstander awards everybody hear me okay the upstander program is a wonderful opportunity to recognize and celebrate students District districtwide who demonstrate a specific Bengal Pride trait these traits continue to enhance the positive climate in our schools as well as the home school and Community Partnership within Barnette and this plays an essential role in our Student Success this month our students exemplify generosity for the G and Bengal Pride we are very excited to present students with a gift card from one of our local restaurants Naples peteria when you hear your name please come forward and join board president Mr O'Brien and superintendent Dr lwis first up we have Victoria Briganti I'm on up Victoria is an excellent example of what generous means throughout cross country season Victoria was more than willing to give her time and energy to anyone on the team Victoria's generosity is often unnoticed by those who it does not directly impact but for those paying attention and those who she does impact it is impossible to miss congratulations Victoria you want me to walk next up we have Ali [Music] King Ally is a seventh grade student who cares about her peers academics and extracurricular activities Ally is a true example of the model student no matter who Ally crosses paths with she's always giving a welcoming smile which makes everyone happy congratulations Ally don't go anywhere come here picture next we have Mila Ellis Mila is always looking out for her peers she is the first to lend a hand to a student in need she's caring kind and compassionate when peers in her class are having a hard time or need help understanding something she is quick to re recognize that and act on it congratulations ice Valentina horz Valentina radiates sunshine and positivity she's the first to lend a helping hand to anyone in need she cares for her peers and her family deeply and shows through her generous character and strength through challenges she truly is a great friend and cares about everyone that she comes in contact with congratulations next we have Ahmed fiad Amad is very generous to all of the students in the class this year the class got a new Lego table to use for stem activities during free time ahed has been bringing in very special Lego people to school every day so that his classmates can use them with a new table he lets all the students use them with a smile and a kind heart congratulations and Eliza class Eliza is an exceptional part of our school Community she's always willing to help her teachers and her peers she initiates sharing and invites peers to play She's Always a great example of gener generosity congratulations Eliza gonna take a nice group picture now upstanders let's give it one more round of applause Dr Jackson we'll have you come on up introduce the choir while uh I'm introducing the choir can we have the choir Comm in and get staged word of Education Dr lwis his team colleagues and parents thank you so much for joining us tonight um I am very very proud of these young people for the past two days they have been on the road so this is their third stop tonight uh today okay because they've been going out and spreading some holiday cheer so yesterday they were two places today they were one of our schools they were at a um residential Center singing for the residents there and so tonight they are going to perform for our board so you can see the wonderful things that our kids are doing and for you parents so you can get a preview of things to come so without further Ado I give you Miss Sewall Miss seall would you like to say a few words Miss Sewall said the few words she would like to say is give me one second thank you first one all right here we go Fair you [Music] [Music] ready you [Music] for sh e all right so our second one here [Music] we it's sh all right you got one more here we go sure that's what up huge thanks to mall for working with our kids we hope this a little holiday and thank you our far this is the very best part about what being a principal means to see our young people do stuff like this so thank you for sharing In This Moment tonight good job good job [Laughter] thank you very much orire possible uh next up Michelle cinat if you are somewhere in the audience I'll have you make your way up to the microphone congratulations than you good to see you are all big right amazing God bless good to see you oh how are you oh talk about clearing the house all cooch not up they all leave um I would like to wait a minute the right one okay the fourth grade folder contest is open to all fourth grade students throughout New Jersey students are challenged to create anti-drug artwork relating to the theme fun things to do instead of drugs the winning entries will have their artwork reproduced as a folder distributed to every school in New Jersey following students have been chosen to represent the district in this contest each of the students will be presented with a certificate and a $25 movie gift card the first place student will also receive some snacks to take to the movies I will also be placing the posters the artwork from the kids um at Collins and donaho schools we members of the Bonet communities that care had a difficult time selecting a first second and third so you might see a couple ties um please girls when my name is called to the front come to the front and accept your certificate and prize there's a tie for third place Avery Glen her artwork dance with me and that's a picture of it up there and artwork drugs are as unsafe as swimming without a lifeguard so they're the two third post winners there was also a tie for second place Isabella me melber with her artwork take in the sunset not drugs and Anastasia not even going to try to pronounce that last name with her artwork have kindness not drugs sorry I didn't know how to say your last name conratulations and our first place winner is Giana no gianella gomo with her artwork every hour do something different than drugs can I have a round of applause for everybody [Music] please good job guys okay so the next award is a award of retirement so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank one of our therapy dogs for their years of service as a Bry dog to our dkey school Mark a 13-year-old Cockapoo has been bringing smiles to our PK students as well as the staff at the Dunkey school and we will miss him but we hope that he has many doy adventures in his Golden Years unfortunately Mack ruptured a ligament on his back leg and was not able to make it to receive his certificate he's also going to receive dog treats a nice blanket and some Christmas stuffed animals we know he will enjoy these while recuperating from his injury and I'd like to thank Michelle mcmanis for volunteering her time with Mac to bring smiles to our dumpy school's students and staff we got nobody for that all right uh Mr McGee and the your kid kidding just kidding Michelle cinat back to the mic yes okay so I swear this last one the maximilan foundation is here and they would like to present us with a check our partnership with the Maximillian Foundation started in 2018 it was believed from the start that their mission to help youth in a preventive manner would align with that of our barnica Township School District affected the following school year 20 19 and 20 we found great success for with a mindfulness program called M Yeti post pandemic school year 2122 with the help of the max Maran Foundation we were able to bring a new program to our Kade of four students called dreamy kid this program has proven successful the teachers and their students with the maximum in support our students continued this program in the 2023 222 23 school year and will be continuing it in the 23 24 school year this program helps teach our students coping skills like meditation and emotional intelligence the combination of healthy healthy coping skills and emotional intelligence SPS to the prevention of later life substance abuse and it is our hope and the mission of Max Millan Foundation that the students choose healthy behaviors like meditation instead of unhealthy ones with us tonight is Richard Otto Smith founding president Carrie Thorne Administrative Assistant good evening everyone Merry Christmas happy Hanukkah happy holidays I want to say thank you uh that was amazing hearing the choir as we were coming in this evening um definitely set the tone for the holidays and uh I just want to show my appreciation for them and staying with the holiday theme um I would like to invite Daniel Hoffman up to the mic good evening good evening um I just wanted to thank you all for this opportunity to come out here and speak today a little about the Christmas and camouflage project um Christmas and camouflage Works to send a piece of warmth and home to our soldiers who are overseas for the holiday season that's found in supplies luxuries Necessities for soldiers overseas um who won't be home this holiday season most if not all of our overseas soldiers have family here in the states and they won't be able to see them because they're so so far away protecting our country and we want to let them know that their hard work and sacrifice isn't going unnoticed this is officially our eighth year running the project and the program at itself and we are so estatic about the growth and project this project this project has accumulated over the past few years last year we sent out about 70 large flat R shipping boxes uh with about 4ish collection sites this year however we've had 10 established collection sites the high school brakman middle school Horbelt intermediate lefties Tavern Hutchinson pools Vinnie's Pizzeria DMM Law Firm Apple V of manah hawen fusero pizza and Manahawkin as well as Chick-fil-A and you can only imagine the scale of donations that we will bring in with so many partners thank we have so many people to thank for this I'd first like to thank Mr McGee Miss dubec and Mr pulo at the high school for pushing this project to the district and all their support in our operations I also want to thank the board and the overall district for being so receptive of the project over the past few years I want to thank Miss Vander pile for immediately springing into action to start a collection at the Middle School Miss Worsham at Horbelt uh Mr Buckley at the Robert G Gallagher uh charitable foundation and DMM Law Firm J Jen and Ted at lefties Tavern Brenda and Matt at Chick-fil-A the owners at Vinnie feros and appes as well as Laura Hutchinson at Hutchinson pools I also want to thank Dana at the operation Jersey cares for op for agreeing to bring our to being our shipping Partners this year and pivoting from years prior but how could I not mention the most important person to this project Michelle Hoffman back in 2016 she kicked up this collection then as Lombardi now as my sister Michelle had sent my brother monthly care packages overseas when he was on 400-day orders in Qatar after a few months Michelle realized she could do it at a much larger scale and at that time and at a time that people wanted it the most so that next holiday season Mich Michelle started the collection to send care packages all over the world after a few years I'd been happy to take over the project and continue the tradition Michelle's huge heart and amazing Outreach have truly touched the hearts of so many people and Christmas and camouflage lives on to this day with this being my third year running the project I'm truly Blown Away by how the community comes together and Roots behind one cause and the best part is we're only getting started Friday morning we were set to send off all these donations with two long days of pack packaging ahead of us operation Jersey cares will come in early morning on Friday to take all of our packages and distribute them worldwide and we just can't wait so if you have any last minute donations feel free to donate thumb to our 10 designated locations if you're unable to we encourage you to stream Christmas and camouflage by Michelle Lombardi on any part platform you get your music All Pro proceeds from the song support this year's Christmas and camouflage operation once again thank you so much for this opportunity and Merry Christmas in camouflage so thank you Danny I had the pleasure of being the principal over at the Colin school when this program started so we then had a Miss Lombardi and we had a I believe it was specialist Koffman at that time uh with a boyfriend overseas and it made for a very very important Christmas for all of us Danny I couldn't be more proud of you carrying on this tradition and that's why we recognize you tonight as an outstanding citizen thank you Leo where you at come on up Leo Leo is another one of my uh excellent students that have been with me for many many years I've appreciate Leo um I know Leo's been here before us uh on many different occasions but tonight I'm here to read a message I got from our community I'm contacting you in regards to one of your sophomore students Leo it's not every day that you get a young adult especially a boy looking to spread some holiday cheer right now you may hear kids talking about sports hockey football basketball who's the best but in this case this morning Leo personally helped his father Robert and together they assisted in transporting a large amount of toys for a toy donation for children who have pediatric cancer and families in their families this is the third year in a row that I've been involved in this reason for this email is to pass along to your school administrators and other students in showing how proud and appreciative we are for what Leo has done for the community in need from the bottom of our hearts Emanuel Cancer Foundation thanks you Leo in baring at high school for looking out for your fellow students congratulations Leo for being an outstanding student and finally I have a cohort of of uh young men to bring up so with Jason Griffin Alex churny CJ and Sarah and Edward Walter please join us up at the front right up front so this evening I want to take a moment to recognize some exceptional students here at barate high school recently they dist demonstrated remarkable courage and compassion in a situation that demanded immediate action and care when they witnessed their fellow students car Vier off the road and hit a pole these outstanding individuals did not hesitate they stopped up ensuring safety of their peer promptly contacting Emer services and remained on the scene until everything was under control their actions speak volumes about their character and the values we hold dear at our school their selflessness quick thinking embodied the best of our community refecting the qualities of empathy and responsibility that are truly commendable tonight we extend our gratitude to these remarkable students for their exemplary behavior they serve as examples of what it means to be part of our school and their actions Inspire us up all to uphold these values in our day-to-day lives gentlemen thank you I know we sat and we talked a little bit about the incident and how it happened I couldn't be more proud of you and your school and your fellow students could be more proud of you thank you what the f okay um like to jump into the committee discussion portion of the meeting hold [Music] on we will start with uh Miss tarnowski with finance and B&G updates Finance met on December 13th we discussed various construction projects most of which are near in completion we discussed the beastro some more um as we do most months uh addressing a uh itemized a request for an itemized list of purchases um as discussed our transportation department is looking for help so if you've ever wanted to be a bus driver now might be a great time and thank you to the many many donations on the agenda today from Bayside Chapel Bruno imonte and The Men's Club at Mirage Stephanie Clarington and Keller Williams reality The herbal Student Government the transportation department employees and the max Milan Foundation thank you so much for the things that you continue to do for our district we again received the Food Service RFP schedule as well as the budget projected calendar for the year and we will meet again in January uh thank you next up Miss Ley with uh education updates please good evening uh the Ed committee met on Wednesday December 13 at 2:15 as usual as usual we reviewed and will be voting on The Following monthly motions College University placements continuing continuing ed requests field trips and out of District workshops we also will be voting on adding two courses to the barate high school program of studies for the 2425 school year they are drum line and film studies one Mr Gunderson provided the committee with information regarding the recent student tragedies in Lacy Township barnegate was able to provide support to Lacy by sharing several of our counselors with them during their time of need our committee appreciates the help that our counselor counselors were able to provide M Gunderson also provided us with more details regarding the 45 minute CTC survey that many of our students will be completing the completion is planned for February and is anonymous voluntary and requires parental permission as previously stated the survey helps to determine areas of student risk in order to provide and plan for programs activities and the such to address our students individual needs Mr Barbieri discussed barnet's ongoing efforts to obtain a barnegate high school chemistry teacher we have now obtained the services of a second retired teacher as a sub in addition to investing in chemistry ad menum software for our students use Mr barbier will continue his search for a certified chemistry teacher as well as looking into the possibility of sharing a chemistry teacher with another District Barnet educational good news New Jersey police Aviation unit was off has offered barnegate a helicopter demonstration to be scheduled sometimes in the spring of 2024 Middletown School District visited V visited us on um December 8th to see our I ready program in action Horbelt fifth graders are participating in American in the American Legion contest barnegate will will be presenting our D data Harvest workshop at the upcoming connected leadership conference at Mammoth University and North planfield School District followed up with us after attending our I ready presentation in Philadelphia and Atlantic City um we certainly have a lot of good things going on um during this school year in barnegate the continuing discussion of our NS laa results and Link it benchmarks has been postponed to a future meeting due to time constraints and that's all I have for it tonight any questions for Education okay uh personel committee met in December 12th we discussed resignations and retirements went through the district new hires we still need Paras if people want to apply to be a par we discuss various appointment changes due to folks that are changing uh their jobs within the district a sign uh talks about assignments for Math and literacy nights through k44 discuss discuss the upcoming minimum wage increases and their impact on staff starting in January and we discuss the ba hiring process and status as well as the superintendent contract there any questions for personnel that is all for committee discussion tonight uh can I please have a motion to adjourn Committee of the whole portion and convenient to the regular Board of bed meeting so moved second Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr aamon yes Miss leevy yes Mr Sno yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes and Mr O'Brien yes all right Committee of the whole is adjourned at 803 okay like to call to order the regular meeting for the Bara Township Board of Education for December 19th 2023 notice of this meeting has been forwarded to the Asbury Park Press the beacon tap into barnegate and placed in the foyer of each Bara Township School in the Bara Township municipal building has been filed with the Bara Township municipal clerk in conjunction with the open public meetings act call Miss Angus pres miss churny here miss jeie here Mr ramante here miss Levy here Mr Sno here M tarnowski here miss Washburn here m O'Brien here all right we got a forum okay and please rise for [Music] flag can I please have a motion for approval of the agenda so moved second right any more discussion on that um Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr ion yes Miss Levy yes Mr Sarno yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes right motions carry okay can I please have a motion to approve the regular session and executive session minutes from the November board meeting so moved second okay any further discussion on that all right Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr Imon yes Miss leevy yes Mr Sno yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes all right motion car okay we do not have a student representative or Bea liazon tonight so we're going to go right to superintendent highlights turn it over to Dr all right uh first I think we'll do the proclamation presentation so can we invite uh Colleen and Lauren up to the uh to the front and uh Mr Brian you're GNA read off the proclamation correct think I know my rockat ticket made her wear that in her picture I think you look cute Ni Call ready whereas Lauren wasburn and Al Angus did faithfully and conscientiously serve the barnegate Township School District as a member of the barnegate Township Board of Education represented representing barnegate Township and whereas Lauren wasburn and kyen Angus has served as a member of the Board of Education from January 23 to December uh 20 23 whereas Lauren wasburn and Kleen Angus has performed her duties as a member of the Board of Education in the best interest of the students and citizens of the barnegate Township School District whereas as a result of her dedication as a member of the Board of Education Lauren wasburn and Colleen Angus has earned the highest respect and deepest appreciation of the barnegate Township School District its students and Community Administration now therefore it be resolved as follows the barnegate Township School District publicly acknowledges the dedication which with which Lauren wasburn and Lauren Colleen Angus did faithfully and conscientiously perform her duties as a member of the Board of Education Board of Education wishes to commend and thank Lauren and Colleen for her years of service of dedication of dedicated service to the school district its pupils staff and extend their sincere best wishes and her future endeavors that this resolution shall become a permanent part of the minutes of Barn Township School District Board of Education of Ocean County let the board secretary be directed to cause a copy of this resolution to be appropriately reproduced and delivered to Lauren and Colleen this date 19th of December 2023 watch uh touching upon a few District highlights uh first I'd like to give a shout out uh this past Saturday I believe we had over 800 toys uh get donated as part of the Elfie toy drop and we had a number of Staff members that came out to uh support and help in the um organiz organizing of those uh don so big shout out to Cindy Gallagher Samantha Fitz Morris Morgan Schwarz Rebecca doz Kayla best Romina Machado Candela Sarah Bria Danielle tasula Eric Wald and then Gary Brown's family um also Patriot Financial uh those individuals came out and uh donated their a few hours of their time to make sure that the toys were organized um so that the families could come in and uh receive those donations so a big shout out shout out to them thank you so much for donating your time um some District highlights I'd like to give a shout out to the transportation department who took the Meadow Edge Social Club a recreational club for adults with special needs on a tour around barnegate to see the holiday lights uh thank you to Bayside chapel and the United Way of Mammoth and ocean counties for your coat donations congratulations to Michelle cinat I don't know if she's still here nope she ran out the side door but congratulations to Michelle cinat for the darts well-deserved recognition we are grateful for your 36 years of unwavering support and dedication to the students and families of barnegate uh gifted and talented hosted an endangered animal assembly for third grade gifted and talented students and their families which was pretty awesome uh duny The Polar Express uh which was held last uh last week I believe uh we had over 500 uh people attend so that was a very exciting event uh the Middle School created a positivity board for students and staff to share words of encouragement and positive messages um so each day it gets erased and uh it's it's a pretty cool thing to sit back and watch the students as they go by stop and then put words of encouragement on this board they really uh uh adopted this and and ran with it um Jamie White was named the nj.com short conference bowler of the week so congratulations to Jamie congratulations to Emily dansson who's the girls volleyball coach uh she was selected as the Press of Atlantic City's coach of the year believe this is her first year coaching so congratulations to Emily and student wingmen facilitated their Dylan Wings events uh for the first week of December um so that's an exciting initiative that we have here at the high school so we're super excited about uh that continuing to go underway and uh just a big uh thank you to the maximilan foundation they've been partners with the district now for a few years and each year their generous donations allow us to continue to put forth some social and emotional supports for our students uh which is uh definitely of need and uh and uh really generous of them to partner with us uh big shout out to Horbelt obviously heard their choir tonight those guys were fantastic they were here for about an hour before the board meeting practicing um and obviously that showed they're very talented uh young men and women they were awesome and last but not least just want to wish everybody a happy holiday and a happy New Year thank you thank you Dr Lewis uh so this year flew by and I'm sure we're all looking forward to winter break at the end of each year I reflect on what happened over the course of this year what was good what was bad what could I have done different to provide a more desirable outcome what do I need to do next year so what was good we had a lot of success still with prek program continues to grow we've had to add new classrooms to keep up demand and we still have a waiting list we passed our audit with no negative findings there's significant improvements in certain grades and which show where our district could be uh the Edward School demolition was finally completed and in all aspects uh it's not good that we had to lose such a beautiful building but it is good that the anchor left around this District's neck is gone uh and then finally our staff every day a child in this district is individually impacted by a staff member who that child will remember forever we have some amazing staff members they are all people who make our district great I would like to thank each of you personally without you it would all fall apart uh what was bad this year is our board is broken we are not aligned that making school boards schools better is the goal we spent hours needlessly talking about politically charged misinformation filled rhetoric that doesn't impact our district and takes attention away from the things that do make an impact the budget we short changed the district this year and what they needed to improve because our town committee scared large portions of our town we did not give them the tools they need to make things better just to maintain status quo we need families to speak up for their schools next year to avoid the limited review next year to avoid the limited review we are offered actions are in place to have the board involved earlier in the process for the budget our staff how does our staff end up both good and bad because we still lose staff at an alarming rate every day when we have a high flyer we can't keep them because they can earn more in the same county we' have lost supervisors because they make more money as a teacher in another District our district has lost so many good people because our schools are not supported adequately we have strong local ba candidates that will not apply because our board is and I quote crazy and we pay below Market rates not being able to recruit and retain the best talent is a major weakness it will lead to negative outcomes for our entire Community I used to wonder why it was so difficult to get good good people to run for the Board of Ed in the past I thought it was apathy but it's not it's sensibility I'm not certain what it would have led to a more desirable outcome this year every month was an endless loop of Challenge and devaluing our community by board members and other community leaders we're still debating the beastro and politically driven policies but at the end of the day no one is upset that our students are underperforming can't read write or do math on grade level voters made clear that taxes were their priority it's unfortunate that much of this decision was based on lies and fear Monger our schools need more than status quo they need to be successful this is a major disconnect for me I pay a lot in taxes I don't want to waste money that said our district needs and deserves constant investment in its Improvement our community deserves best we can offer this is not a dollars and cents decision if our community's children are not worth investing in what is so what am I doing next year this will be my last meeting as a board of education member I have great pride in the successes we did have I no longer feel this board is working towards a common goal the past year I spent more time blocking and defending poor pure nonsense and adding values to our schools I'm not here to play games and be forced to endure political theater this is a volunteer position if I'm going to spend time away from my family I need to feel satisfied that we will be successful large portion of this Board of Ed I do not have that confidence I still have a student in the district and will continue to be involved in the organizations throughout the community I want to thank everybody that has worked with me uh we have had some some good success that I am proud of I always be proud of my time on this board uh and and the people that I met so thank you and that's all I have for right now and I please have a motion to enter public session no moved second anybody online or let me I gotta do the Sorry Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr Imon yes Miss leevy yes Mr Sno yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss Washburn yes Mr O'Brien yes we're in public session with that uh the barnegate Township Board Board of Education appreciates and welcomes public comment advice and suggestions especially when it's intended to assist the Board of Education please feel free to speak to the board during public session comments and discussion will be limited to one five minute period per individual unless requested by the chairperson to continue on a point of clarification public comment at a special meeting will of the board shall be related to the call of the meeting in accordance with the Board of Education policy each parti each participant must be recognized by the presiding officer and must preface their comments by an announcement of their name address and group affiliation if appropriate your anticipated courtesy to the members of the public and the board is appreciated with that the floor is open okay uh Mrs morganoff who is the Bea liaison left a comment in the chat that I'd like to read off the barnegate Education Association would like to CR congratulate Samantha Burke on becoming VP of the donu school and thank you thank her for all the she has done for the Bea they would also like to thank the barnegate Board of Education the barnegate school administration teachers Paris bus drivers secretaries custodians and all the people that make this school district great uh for a fantastic 23 we wish you all a happy holidays and a wonderful new year so thank you this Morgan off would anybody in the room like to speak anybody online uh Miss besque has her hand raised if you can please turn your camera on and uh name and address for the record can you hear me okay yes Elizabeth Bas 15 heatherway barate New Jersey first of all I have to say I was not expecting that Mr O'Brien um we cannot thank you enough for your time that you have put um towards this District so I'm kind of speechless and I can't really address that right now um um my purpose for speaking tonight was actually to educate the board and the public um I have quite a few notes and a lot of things to say um so um I know you can't respond but I'm just going to throw them out there and forgive me for being a little halfhazard I did not expect Mr O'Brien's resignation um so my son is part of uh the honors chemistry class um and I've been speaking um with the supervisors um in Mr McGee um in regards to this um one concern that I have is that there is no replacement for the science supervisor when Mrs oel um oel uh was out on maternity leave we had a replacement for her um when you email Miss Kennedy uh your directed to email a secretary um so I'm curious um about that I'm also curious um in my conversations um I was looking for the chemistry teacher who's been appointed to replace um Mrs kahill um and I can't find anything in the board notes so please forgive me if I'm wrong um I don't know if that's because we hire a subservice um because we hire the subservice is that why nothing is posted to say who's replacing who but I do think that we need a teacher on record um it's also I couldn't find uh my son's physical education teacher is on matern uh paternity leave I couldn't find a replacement for him either um but yet there are people in the room um ad menum I was looking for the cost of ad menum because I was speaking with Mr barbier about that um hold on to your hats people there is no teacher in the room it is an asynchronous instruction um for honor students they get a slideshow and um answer five questions so the letter that we received which I very clearly addressed with Administration um but I think you should know also is not transparent all of this is not transparent and I wholeheartedly blame Administration for this um not the board and not the Committees um I was told that synchronous instruction was for AP students only because it was too expensive to pay for for uh the 51 honor students um I can't find the cost of AD mum anywhere in the board minutes so maybe it's under a different title but I don't know definitely not transparent um let's see how much time do I left few minutes thank you um so now we're losing a second retired teacher um in our letter it said that someone was being replaced in February like a human teacher certified teacher chemistry teacher was going to come um I can't find that in the board notes um now there's talk of sharing Services listen there is no argument here that education is a struggle um but I do believe um that goes directly back to what Mr O'Brien mentioned you are in a contract negotiations year for your teachers your teachers need to be your first priority you need to make this District appealing to stay and to come to work because our kids feel it our children feel the stress of your teachers so we can't hire teachers because nobody wants to come and stay and we're losing good quality people and not incentivizing people to come back from their leaves of absence so um as you struggle to find a new business administrator I would put on the list of job qualities someone who can work out negotiations because if that person cannot work out salary guides and negotiate a respectable contract for your teachers I know your Administration is also underpaid no argument there but the teachers are the front line so I I don't know I think I've covered it all um as things begin continue to change for this chemistry position I expect to be notified um accurately um no false advertisement The Truth Listen education stinks right now but I want the truth and I want transparency because you all claim to be very transparent and that is not what the community the parents the students are getting right now thank you anybody else online anybody else in the room I please have a motion to adjourn public session second Miss Angus yes Miss jurny yes Miss jeie yes Mr aamon yes Miss leevy yes Mr Sno yes Miss wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes all right is closed Miss tarnowski is yes to I'm sorry did I miss you I'm sorry eugina apologies uh next up can I please have a motion for finance and B&G committee items one through eight second any discussion on those items all right Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr imamon yes Miss Levy yes Mr Sno yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes all right motions carry can I please have a motion for Education committee item item one through five so moved second any discussion on those items all right Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr ion yes Miss Levy yes Mr Sno yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes all right motions carry than section 14 is for information purposes only uh can I please have a motion for section 15 items 1 through 25 Personnel committee so moved second all right any discussion on those items Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr ramante yes Miss leevy yes Mr Sno yes Miss tarnowski yes Miss wasburn uh 1 through three yes 4 a abstain 4 B through the rest of it yes that's hold on a sec so I get that right 4B abstain 4 a abstain Sorry 4 a abstain and what was the other one I'm sorry that's it okay the rest are yes yep okay gotcha um Mr O'Brien yes all right motions carry uh next up is for information purposes only section 16 sub coverage can I please have a motion to enter executive session second all right uh excuse me uh Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr ion yes Miss Levy yes Mr Sno yes Miss barowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes all right we're in executive 827 we will coming out of here right session please so moved second um Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr raon yes Miss leevy yes Mr Sno yes tarnowski yes Miss wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes all right we're out of exec at 856 and for new business can I please have a motion to approve the hi report for December 2023 so moved second all right um Miss Angus yes Miss churny yes Miss jeie yes Mr Imon yes Miss Levy yes Mr Sno yes Tas yes wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes all right motion carries and motion to adjourn please second um Miss Angus yes Miss jurny yes Miss jeie yes Mr imonte yes Miss leevy yes Mr Sno yes M tarnowski yes uh Miss wasburn yes Mr O'Brien yes all right we're adjourned at 8:57 and Merry Christmas everyone thank you merry Christmas happy New Year merry Christmas happy year sorry I got